Memories Raised from the Dead

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Part Two: Today

Ever since Buffy disappeared, Angel and Chastity have lived in a room over our garage. Angel is still, as Buffy once put it, "Cryptic Brooding Guy". He believes, as we all do, that Buffy was dead. His continuous faith in the notion that Buffy would never stay away from her child if she could help it supported that idea. Chastity is now a sophomore at UC Sunnydale. Right now, her favorite class is Psychology, the same as her mother. Her teacher is Buffy's ex-boyfriend, Scott Hope. Scott returned to Sunnydale after a short and useless career as a practicing psychologist, so he felt it was better to teach it.

Cordelia and Xander helped Anya regain her demon form, and soon after that, Cordie and Xander got married. They have two gorgeous children, Jennifer and Jesse. Cordie is a great mother, as hard to imagine that may be. Xander is a teacher at the high school. Oddly enough, he teaches Trigonometry, his former least-liked class. I remember the day we met Buffy, and he was asking me for help in Trig. As for Cordie, what did we expect? Cordie is now a successful model, and she bought the Bronze a few years ago, with the help of Angel. Despite her dreams of becoming an actress, she really belongs a model. Directors can't stand her.

As for Giles, he got his former post as librarian of Sunnydale High School back as soon as the new school was built. Giles is devoted to being a wonderful grandfather figure to Chastity. We all try to support Chastity. Sometimes, we get carried away telling Chastity stories of her mother. She loves to hear them. Her favorite is how Buffy met her father.

Oz is famous now. Dingoes Ate My Baby got back together not long after Buffy disappeared. The first song that became a hit was called "An Angel Gone". Oz wrote it in tribute to Buffy. Then, we didn't know if she was alive or dead, so we figured that any way you look at it, Buffy would still see it. As for me, I bought a little computer manufacturer, and upgraded the products. Paradigm Software is now the leading computer manufacturer.

I can't say enough about the girl that Chastity has grown up to be. She doesn't look a whole lot like her mother at first sight. Chastity inherited her father's height, hair, and skin. The only things that link Chastity to her mother are her emerald eyes, sarcastic wit, and optimistic tone. She isn't the Slayer, thank God. No, a new Slayer came to town two years after Buffy disappeared. Her name was Gertrude Evelheimer. Trudy, as we called her, lived only a year. Then the Council sent word to Giles that they could not risk the lives of anymore Slayers over the Hellmouth.

What continues to amaze me is how much mail Buffy still receives. Letters come in from people that she barely knew in high school. They are letters of true gratitude. Every time Angel sees one, he burns it. He tells me, "They couldn't send these when she was here. She never got to see their appreciation." I try to copy down the addresses and send letters to the people who have sent letters to her. The letters that I send are simply sent to explain to them what happened to Buffy. Angel doesn't know I do this, but I have to. Those people are sincerely thankful.